Department of World Language & Literature

Houghton College maintains a long tradition of world language study to develop communicative competency. Multiple language fluency prepares students to impact society by building relationships across languages and cultures as globally engaged scholar-servants. Regardless of vocation, World language degree recipients are better equipped to accomplish the Great Commission to go into all the world with the Gospel message.

Students develop communicative skills through classroom interaction and target language media, conversation groups, language clubs, and deliberate interaction with native speakers on campus. They gain valuable experience and academic credit through service-learning in May term courses and study abroad. Spanish majors are required to spend a semester studying abroad in countries such as: Spain, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Argentina and can complete this requirement through a variety of nationally recognized programs and institutions of Christian higher education: